How Smart is Your Food Project Based Learning Activity
We would like to promote local wellness and healthy eating through your eyes. The new recipes may not be your favorite but what can you really do about it? How about creating a meal that includes healthy recipes that are USDA approved and that you would like?! Your team will select four healthy recipes from USDA Recipes for Schools - 1 entree, 2 side dishes and 1 dessert. Each team will present the meal along with calculated amounts of supplies and total nutrients using a PowerPoint or Flipchart. The attendees of the event will vote for their favorite suggested meal.
Big Question: How can math be used to plan and host a Smart Food = Smart Kids event to promote local wellness and healthy eating?
Project Based Learning Activity
We would like to promote local wellness and healthy eating through your eyes. The new recipes may not be your favorite but what can you really do about it? How about creating a meal that includes healthy recipes that are USDA approved and that you would like?! Your team will select four healthy recipes from USDA Recipes for Schools - 1 entree, 2 side dishes and 1 dessert. Each team will present the meal along with calculated amounts of supplies and total nutrients using a PowerPoint or Flipchart. The attendees of the event will vote for their favorite suggested meal.
Big Question: How can math be used to plan and host a Smart Food = Smart Kids event to promote local wellness and healthy eating?
Resources and Links
Nutrition Calculator
USDA Recipes for Schools
Healthier Kansas Menus
Healthier Kansas RECIPES
Fraction Calculator
Recipe Ingredient Conversion
NCTM Fraction Model Activity
NLVM Base Ten Blocks
NCTM Fraction Concentration
Add and Subtract Fraction Quiz
Feeding Frenzy Activity
Fact Monster Conversions for Volume
Information about healthy foods and healthy kids
USDA Team Nutrition
MyPyramid Blast Off! game
How Smart is Your Food SAMPLE Powerpoint